Portrait of James Hiroyuki Liao

James Hiroyuki Liao

Acting

Biography

Liao was born on February 6, 1976, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York. His father is Taiwanese, and his mother is Japanese. He attended graduate school at the Juilliard School's Drama Division, graduating in 2004, and studied at the Marjorie Ballentine Studio. In addition to numerous roles in movies and TV shows, he performed on stage, including portraying Song Liling in Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage production of M. Butterfly. Liao also provided voice and motion-capture acting for the role of Kenji in the video game Ghost of Tsushima (2020).

Born: February 6, 1976

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2025
Superman

as General Mori

2024
Orphan Black: Echoes

as Paul Darros

2024
Presumed Innocent

as Dr. Herbert Kumagai

2022
The Dropout

as Edmond Ku

2022
Peacemaker

as General Mori

2021
Cowboy Bebop

as Rengie Tanaka

2020
Lost Girls

as Michael Pak

2018
Manifest

as Rob

2018
Barry

as Albert Nguyen

2017
SEAL Team

as Dr. Lucien

2017
2013
Star Trek Into Darkness

as U.S.S. Vengeance Bridge Officer

2012
Frankenweenie

as Toshiaki (voice)

2012
Applebaum

as Tze Lin

2011
Unforgettable

as Jay Lee

2011
Battle: Los Angeles

as Steven Mottola

2010
Blue Bloods

as Lt. Fleming

2009
2006
Hard Luck

as Chang

2005
Bones

as Assistant Coroner

2005
Prison Break

as Roland Glenn

2005
2004
House

as Luca

2002
CSI: Miami

as ME Assistant

2002
The Shield

as Llewellyn Wang

2001
24

as Devon Rosenthal

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Erik 'Precious Ricky' Hong

1990
Law & Order

as Bobby Ito